Cisgender:
Cisgender (often abbreviated to simply cis) is a term for people whose gender identity matches the sex that they were assigned at birth. Cisgender may also be defined as those who have “a gender identity or perform a gender role society considers appropriate for one’s sex.” It is the opposite of the term transgender. [Wikipedia]
Noted in “Privilege in the land of Sojourner Truth’s slavery,” Rev. James Rowe, Steps Towards Racial Justice, Metropolitan New York Synod, ELCA:
I say occasionally because as a white, male, cisgender person I have the privilege to be able to not think about such things because who I am as considered the norm for our society. And not thinking or speaking about these things is the preferred societal, “normal” thing to do. When I talk about my white privilege in my predominately white privileged world, I get pushback from others.
